nokia's phones return with android in early2017 the first nokia-branded handsets running androidare due to arrive early next year. after announcing its plans to return to tabletsand phones back in may, nokia is providing more details today as it formalizes a licensingagreement with hmd global (hmd). also based in finland, hmd global is the newhome of nokia phones under a brand licensing
Android headlines, deal that will last for at least 10 years. nokia is launching a new phones section onits site today, marking the return of nokia-branded smartphones and tablets after microsoft acquiredits phone business and killed off the nokia brand in favor of lumia for smartphones.
the first nokia-branded smartphones poweredby android will be available in the first half of 2017, alongside nokia-branded featurephones. nokia already experimented with android justahead of microsoft’s acquisition, and the company’s first device after that deal wasan ipad mini clone running android. a nokia return to phones even in brand, onlyis an odd twist in the nokia and microsoft story of struggling to adapt to smartphonesand apple’s iphone. we’ll be left waiting until early next yearto see if the dream of an android-powered
nokia phone is truly able to compete withapple, google, samsung, and the many other android phones on the market.
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